quote:I thought he was a better player than shaq. Better moves, better shot.

He had more of a touch on the ball than Shaq ever did, but that was about the only thing he possibly had on him.

It's scary to think how good a team Dale could have had, if he could have gotten the best out of him, Shaq, and CJ, at the same time, and gotten the three to play together even just somewhat cohesively as a unit.

quote:It's scary to think how good a team Dale could have had, if he could have gotten the best out of him, Shaq, and CJ, at the same time, and gotten the three to play together even just somewhat cohesively as a unit.

Had a few classes with him, was a really nice down to earth guy. He knew he made some mistakes in the past and was willing to put in the work to improve his life. Always was in class taking notes and asking questions too, which is more than I can say for myself

Shaq also said that DD tried everything he could to get SR to go to class, even to the extent of waiting for him in his room at nite to make sure he got to bed in time.Shaq said that SR would simply wait for DD to leave & then head back out the door. Shaq said many times he would be leaving for class & SR would just be walking in the door. Enjoyed the Gold Club to the max. But as for that team "underachieving": who was the coach??? DD had one of the potentially best teams in Tiger history & never won the confererence, let alone doing anything in the NCAA's. He had the national player of the yr, 4 yrs, with both Shaq & Chris & never won the league, at a time when UK was weak. Ga. & Vandy were winning it in that period.

Roberts was always a much more polished offensive player than Shaq. I remember watching an NBA game in '93(?) on TNT when Roberts was with the Clippers. It happened to be a game when Roberts was on the top of his game and really going at it. The announcer (Hubie Brown?) couldn't believe Roberts' play saying how much "he really liked this kid" and what a force he was. I always liked Roberts and hope the best for him.

SR had some good stories on mosconas show recenly about the first practice in the Dungeon when Shaq showed up.. one would back the other down and dunk, the other would do the same, and it got really heated said people from everywhere ran over to see it when they heard about what was going on